68th New York Infantry Regiment
"Cameron Rifles"

The monument to the Sixty Eighth New York Infantry Regiment is southeast of Gettysburg on Wainwright Avenue. see map It was dedicated in 1888 by the State of New York.

From the front of the monument:

68th
New York
Infantry
1st Brgade
1st Division
11th Corps

From the rear:

This regiment
having participated in
the first day of
the battle, held
this position
on the 2nd and 3rd
of July, 1863.

From the left side:

Casualties
killed 8
wounded 63
missing 67.

From the left side:

Mustered in at
New York City,
Aug. 24, 1861.
Mustered out
at Fort Pulaski, Ga.,
Nov. 30, 1865.

The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Gotthilf Von Boury d'Ivernois. The regiment brought 264 men to the field.

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